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Pros and cons of lowering or increasing the interest rate

With articles on many mainstream money sites talking about if the Feds will be lowering the rate, there are advantages and disadvantages of either lowering, raising, or even keeping the rate the same.  So I am going to go over a few now.  Really, it just depends on your situation [...]

The financial advantages of living at home after college graduation

I talked the other day about how a friend of mine set himself up well during college while putting enough money together for a down payment on a house (Click here for that article). Because I didn’t do that, I decided to go another route to help myself and [...]

Money Saving Links of the Day - 4/30

Article from Get Rich Slowly that may be able to be used as motivation for many with debt.  A reader sent in a success story that they paid off $23,000 in debt in just sixteen months.  The couple cut back and took up extra work to make it happen.  [...]

Money & Fitness Question of the Day - Allowance

In response to a recent article from the Frugal Dad, this is in tribute to allowances for kids.

Do you give your kid an allowance?
Is it based on anything he or she does in terms of chores or does it come regardless of what they do for housework?

My wife and [...]

Stocking the pantry vs. saving money

The reason I have put this article together is to talk about more about the Wall Street Journal piece by Brett Arends.  He talks about now is a great time to load up the pantry because the percentage of food inflation is currently higher than the national average of interest [...]

Finding great deals at garage sales

For anyone trying to save money, there is little doubt the advantage that garage sales have. With websites named the queen of garage sales and other interesting mentions of them, there is little doubt that people around the country love going to these and finding great deals. The [...]

Money Saving Links of the Day - 4/29

What I like best from The Simple Dollar is articles like this.  In it, Trent breaks down the money regarding using rechargeable batteries.  I made the switch to these after Christmas because my wireless mouse died about every other day.  With kids, I can only imagine how many batteries you can [...]

Carnival of Personal Finance #150

Here are some of my favorite links from Blog Carnival #150. 
This is part two from Smart Money Daily and talks about selling your home by owner.  This could never be easy but the tips here would help if that is the route you plan to take.
Article from The Digerati [...]

Using college to set yourself up financially afterwards

Like so many other people, I will admit that my four years in college was a time where I was trying to figure out a lot of different things. Some of these included what I wanted to study, what I wanted to do after school, what I could do [...]

Staying committed to your workout regimen

With the amount of fad diets going around, it is pretty obvious that people are having trouble staying focused on their work outs. No matter who you are and what you do, there are going to be times to get motivated going to the gym. But there are [...]

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